Tag: Confirmation
UPDATE: Republicans push Price's confirmation through committee
February 1, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The 14 Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee have voted to confirm Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., as secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services, according to news reports.
Price's confirmation now goes to the Senate floor for a full vote, likely next week.
Democrats on the committee tried to block the confirmation for a second day by boycotting the vote, but Republicans changed the rules that required Democrats to be present for a quorum, Reuters reported.
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Senate Democrats delay Price's confirmation
January 31, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee have boycotted a vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., according to news reports.
The committee was scheduled to vote at 10 a.m.
Democrats boycotted the vote due to “truly alarming news” of a Wall Street Journal report that Price received a special discounted rate for stocks of an Australian pharmaceutical company called Innate Immunotherapies,...